With the rising popularity of soccer around Kentucky, it was only a matter of time until the talent around the state would be showcased at the national level.
That time is now.
The River City Rovers are the first team in the state to join the Premier Development League, a subcomponent of the United Soccer League.
The PDL is similar to minor league baseball in that it gives players the opportunity to climb the ladder to professional levels.

Though their seasons ended a little over a week ago, two local players picked up some hardware late last week as South Oldham’s Jordan Simons and Oldham County’s Jessica Leanhart were named to respective All-State teams.
Simons, the 8th Region Player of the Year and future Louisville Cardinal, had a hot spring at the plate, registering a .312 batting average while chipping in 24 RBIs, seven doubles and three home runs for the 20-16 Dragons.
That said, the senior might have been better from the mound, tossing an 8-2 record with a 1.30 ERA in 61 innings of work.

In 1976, Jim Wilhite’s life changed in an instant. After a motorcycle accident claimed the use of his right leg, he was left with plenty of questions.
Now, 36 years later, he’s found some answers — answers he hopes will help other amputees struggling to see the bigger picture.
“In the beginning, you’re not really sure which way to go,” Wilhite noted, “but as life continues on you learn you can do what everybody else does.”
Wilhite, who uses crutches, said it just takes time to adjust.

A La Grange health clinic is reaching out to even more patients with the installation of a women’s wellness kiosk.

The Hope Health Clinic opened in September to serve the underinsured residents of Oldham, Henry, Trimble and Carroll counties.

The kiosk, which looks like a small automated teller machine, allows women to access modules about a variety of wellness issues, including asthma, cancer, depression, domestic violence and smoking cessation.

A Trimble County teenager was killed and two others injured in a crash on Hwy. 421 South in Trimble County Monday night.

Kentucky State Police dispatchers received a call of a single vehicle crash at 11:22 p.m.

Upon arrival, troopers located the vehicle off the roadway against a tree.

According to KSP spokesman Brad Arterburn, a preliminary investigation shows the car, driven by 16-year-old Mark Bastin, of New Castle, was traveling north on Hwy. 421 when the vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons and struck a tree.